100 Gbps Internet2 Network Complete
Internet2 has recently announced their new nationwide network infrastructure in the United States has been completed.
With an initial capacity of 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) nationwide and revolutionary bandwidth-on-demand capabilities, the new Internet2 infrastructure provides researchers and educators with the ability to transform disciplines across the board from science, to telemedicine, to network research, to the performing arts.
“Today’s milestone marks the completion of an ambitious effort to exponentially increase the capacity and flexibility of the networking resources available to serve the rapidly changing needs of the Internet2 community,” said Doug Van Houweling, Internet2 president and CEO.
“More importantly, we believe the Internet2 Network and its new capabilities will play an integral part in enabling our members to provide the robust cyberinfrastructure our community requires to support innovative research and education.”
The new optical infrastructure provides a uniquely scalable platform on which to build side-by-side networks that serve different purposes, such as network research and telemedicine.
Internet2 is continuing to provide an advanced Internet Protocol (IP) Network, which supports production networking technologies such as IPv6, multicast, and other high-performance networking technologies.
It is also introducing a new Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN). Beginning in January 2008, the DCN will enable researchers to provision up to 10 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth on demand.
The new infrastructure also enables long-term dedicated point-to-point optical circuits up to 10 Gbps on separate wavelengths as part of the organization’s WaveCo service.
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